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supaul (1878.5 km WNW from epicenter) [Map] / MMI IV (Light shaking): was for 40 second not good at all

dhaka / MMI II (Very weak shaking): i live in 4th floor. when i get off ,other people who lives in another floor,they are cackling. it was very dangerous`...........................................................................................................................................................................

sylhet,Bangladesh (361.3 km NW from epicenter) [Map] / MMI VII (Very strong shaking): Critical position to future in sylhet, Bangladesh
All off are very sceard
2 Times are felt in earthquake without aftershocks (via app)

Dhaka,Bangladesh / MMI IV (Light shaking): I live on the 5th floor of my building and I felt the ground shaking

Dhaka, Bangladesh / MMI VI (Strong shaking)

South Okkalapa / MMI IV (Light shaking): I felt shaking table while sitting in kitchen room and then i run to living room then i sat down on floor after a sec i felt another shook again the floor move forward and backward i'm so scare :'(

Kolkata suburb. (659.3 km W from epicenter) [Map] / MMI VI (Strong shaking): There was strong shaking. People left their homes in search for the open ground. Pen stands and bottles fell due to the extended intermittent shaking.

Kolkata / MMI VI (Strong shaking)

Thimphu, Bhutan (715.2 km NW from epicenter) [Map] / MMI IV (Light shaking): The house was shaking and it lasted a long time. But it was not very strong.

Jorhat, Assam / MMI VI (Strong shaking): The earth was slipping below our feet since the horizontal component was more

Dhanbad (India) (871 km W from epicenter)(no details): I was lying on the bed , suddenly bed shook strongly, i saw ceiling fan it was also shaking.It was really too much scary lasted for 50second (via EMSC)

George Town (Malaysia) (2045 km S from epicenter)(no details): Always get [email protected] headache,and other stange feeling,cannot walked properly,before any earthquake occur in any place,all around the world,dont know if it's because sensitif to earth moving it crust,strange,but true,or I have "animal instict"before disaster....if I in that situation....I will wait for any news of earthquake event...tq (via EMSC)

Pandit Satghara (India) (679 km W from epicenter)(no details): I was on my bed and suddenly totally shaken, after i went to bathroom and watched that the water still moving for 2 minutes Heavily. (via EMSC)

Kolkata (India) (678 km W from epicenter)(no details): Was traveling in a bus when it happened. Came to know from friends and family when they messaged to check on me. Calls were not going through (via EMSC)

Visakhapatnam (India) (1362 km SW from epicenter)(no details): By the wayi felt and others did not felt
our house is very old and i could feel even smallest quake and i instantly serched for any quakes occured in india or surroundings
(via EMSC)

Yangon (Myanmar (Burma)) (707 km S from epicenter)(no details): It was shaking vagarously in other part of the Myanmar but the second Capital,Yangon was affect not very much with shaking the object (via EMSC)

North Lakhimpur (India) (460 km NW from epicenter)(no details): On the first stroke I was standing inside my house . After few seconds with high force shaking the earth then I came out. I saw that our house and trees going capsized and I felt the earth moving round.In 1987 I have experienced with same same tremor. It continued for two minutes. (via EMSC)

Diphu (India) (336 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Felt like almost The END (via EMSC)

Yangon (Myanmar (Burma)) (707 km S from epicenter)(no details): Oh really excited,I sit in flow when I just finish to eat,my body shaked quitely and slightly a few second Toward North to South or South to North.I suddenly known and said to my family "Oh The Earthquake" and then stand and again sit.This is really really a my best feeling ever because This is my first earthquake feeling.My "lord Paramaeshvara" saved our people without highly damages in 7 magnitude record. (via EMSC)

Dhaka (Bangladesh) (473 km W from epicenter)(no details): Feel like a small sharp jolt followed by a few stronger sharp shakes that pass quickly. Shaking continued for 5-7 sec. People come out in the street due to fear. (via EMSC)

Dhaka (Bangladesh) (467 km W from epicenter)(no details): I was on my bed. Suddenly bed started vibrating, and I thought may be it for my movement, but while I concentrated, I became sure that it is earthquake. After around 18 seconds of initial vibration, whole building started swaying intensely. It lasted for 40 seconds. It was very scary. (via EMSC)

Dhaka (Bangladesh) (467 km W from epicenter)(no details): It was quite strong in Dhaka. We were on 7th floor of our building and we rushed out as soon as we started feeling. (via EMSC)

Guwahati (India) (464 km NW from epicenter)(no details): It was a scary one...I was scared too.. it was a 7.2 Richter scale aftershock ...not a small one .....chances for more to come...be alart n stay safe (via EMSC)

Guwahati (India) (464 km NW from epicenter)(no details): many cracks in buildings. mostly in brick walls. few lives lost. most were due to falls while rushing out. couple of deaths due to heart failure. in indiam time it was felt at 7:26 pm (via EMSC)

Nagaon (India) (422 km NW from epicenter)(no details): It was a massive earthquake... we have never felt in our lif before...the tremor persist more than 2 mins .. (via EMSC)

Shillong (India) (410 km NW from epicenter)(no details): I was on the road,It was scary. (via EMSC)

Mariani (India) (394 km NW from epicenter)(no details): It was very strong earthquake and the sound was heard and twice the earthquake was felt and there was slightest of rain after the quake (via EMSC)

Comilla (Bangladesh) (385 km W from epicenter)(no details): that was horrible.. i am so scared when i felt it (via EMSC)

Maungdaw (Myanmar (Burma)) (368 km SW from epicenter)(no details): Two strong tremors - one about 3 sec, the other 10 secs....felt walls shaking, concrete structure and left the house after 2nd tremor over (via EMSC)

Yangon (Myanmar (Burma)) (715 km S from epicenter)(no details): I felt it in Yangon. It began at about 8.27pm with several bumps which I clearly felt even though seated on a sprung mattress. This was, followed by shaking which caused the window to rattle. There was then a gentle swaying 40 seconds later. The whole quake lasted about 1 min 30 seconds. (via EMSC)

Dhaka (Bangladesh) (468 km W from epicenter)(no details): It was quite strong. Two hits. First one just thrust with a small gap start swaying for sometime... We ran out from five storied building. (via EMSC)

Nagaon (India) (422 km NW from epicenter)(no details): At about 7:15pm local time we first experience a slight shake, but seconds later the the whole earth &amp; our house was shaking violently.... Felt like end of the world. (via EMSC)

Chittagong (Bangladesh) (332 km W from epicenter)(no details): I have got so much frightened,felt first time so much serious jerk in my life. Everybody of my house we trembling with fear. Every doors and windows and furniture, walls and roofs were rumbling... (via EMSC)

Kolkata (India) (679 km W from epicenter)(no details): very powerful, 2 seperate jolts, second one being stronger than the first one. definitely stronger than the one we felt for the Nepal earthquake last year. (via EMSC)

(India) (675 km W from epicenter)(no details): Its really bit heavy form last time i felt tremors when earthquek comes in nepal...
I'm watching TV at the moment then tremors starts & the TV was shaking... its runnig 20 to 30 seconds maybe. (via EMSC)

(India) (675 km W from epicenter)(no details): Twice we felt the tremor, it was horrible, I was at 5th Floor. (via EMSC)

(India) (675 km W from epicenter)(no details): It was sharp and strong tremor especially the aftershock was stronger. (via EMSC)

Cooch Behar (India) (658 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Felt the tremor twice with a gap of 4-5sec. The second tremor was longed for almost 40sec. The trees, electric poles, wires were trembling. Few birds were chirping in nearby trees. (via EMSC)

Guwahati (India) (464 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Was just sitting on the sofa and suddenly I felt some slight shaking and then it stopped for some seconds and then again started shaking very hardly - from Guwahati , Assam , India . (via EMSC)

Sylhet (Bangladesh) (368 km NW from epicenter)(no details): A massive earthquake hit in sylhet city. No casualty so far identified. But people are still outside because in case any more after shocks hit!!! (via EMSC)

Chittagong (Bangladesh) (332 km W from epicenter)(no details): it was horrifying. we all just calling our God. everyone was so afraid. (via EMSC)

Aizawl (India) (236 km W from epicenter)(no details): Strongest earthquake i have ever felt, my eldest son rushed out from the toilet, bow down under our dining table with his brother and sister. (via EMSC)

Kathmandu (Nepal) (1091 km NW from epicenter)(no details): I was sitting on the third floor and felt the quake for quite a long time but thought it was minor as we have been used to such tremors but most people didn't even feel it here. But when I saw it on net and found out it was huge so may God bless the people there. (via EMSC)

Dhanbad (India) (871 km W from epicenter)(no details): THIS IS THE 2ND TIME M FEELING THIS SHAKE. THIS TIME IT WAR A BIT LONGER. THE BUILDING SHOOK AND THE WATER IN THE GLASS WENT OUT. ITS THE WORST FEELING I RELISED. (via EMSC)

Biratnagar (Nepal) (857 km NW from epicenter)(no details): we were frightens and it reminds us the last year earthquake held in Nepal which made a huge losses. (via EMSC)

Siliguri (India) (768 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Felt the jolt in increasing intensity. Started with a slight movement.. wondered if my head is spinning and then slowly it turned to heavy jolt. Left the office building and moved to the streets to find the hanging lights still moving. Probably lasted for about more than 10 seconds (via EMSC)

Siliguri (India) (766 km NW from epicenter)(no details): IN THE CITY OF SILIGURI ITS PRETTY NORMAL NOW EXPERIENCING LIGHT SHAKES..
PEOPLE ARE GETTING HABITUATED BUT STILL RISKS EXIST..
ONE MORE SLEEPLESS NIGHT FOR ME THINKING OF AFTERSHOCK EFFECTS... (via EMSC)

(India) (675 km W from epicenter)(no details): Myself Shreyash Sharma, I felt like slight push and release from below as if the shake was mostly vertical. Continuous pushed and released from below. Felt like little jumping on a cushion, but i lying awake on plywood bed without any cushion. Felt good and pampered. At Indian time 7:26 pm. It was twice I felt twice within minutes. I felt nice, thanks mother earth. (via EMSC)

(India) (675 km W from epicenter)(no details): This one was different, felt quite stronger than the one happened in Nepal last year. 2 consecutive jolts one after another, second one being stronger. (via EMSC)

Kolkata (India) (675 km W from epicenter)(no details): It was shaking quite a bit and everyone in office felt dizziness in head..had to come down from 9th floor, when hooters went off..almost everyone in kolkata felt it (via EMSC)

Barrackpore (India) (672 km W from epicenter)(no details): I know Kolkata is zone 2 or maybe 3 .so chances of it being epicenter is very less.but i had previously felt earthquaked when the epicenter was in Nepal.I thought this time same.But a little later found on this site it being Myanmar . 7.2 is very high in scale.so there will be some damage.hope it remains minimal (via EMSC)

Kolkata (India) (672 km W from epicenter)(no details): Heard the noise of glasses banging against each other. Rushed out of the building! (via EMSC)

Goalpara (India) (550 km NW from epicenter)(no details): It was devastating. I felt a sudden shake and our area was badly affected by cracks on buildings and grounds. (via EMSC)

Tura (India) (546 km NW from epicenter)(no details): I felt shaking while inside gound building watching water level in bottle on my desk. i did not run sit n felt building cracking and run away. Learnt not to wait ... run to save place... be save... (via EMSC)

Ziro () (501 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Ma heart was pumping rapidly ma leg was shaking continously for 30min ma neighbour and ma family ran very fast from the house thats was really very dangerous (via EMSC)

Dhaka (Bangladesh) (471 km W from epicenter)(no details): I was sitting on a sofa, felt a slight vibration, stood up and went to see what's happening downstairs through the window ( I live in 8th floor). That point, I felt a strong effect of the earthquake. Everything was shaking. (via EMSC)

Dhaka (Bangladesh) (469 km W from epicenter)(no details): i was studying at the table..suddenly my chair got a jolt and i jumped up off the chair..i saw my wall mirror swinging side to side..and water moving inside the jar.. (via EMSC)

Dhaka (Bangladesh) (468 km W from epicenter)(no details): The TV was shaking &amp; we ran out from end floor of our flat (via EMSC)

Dhaka (Bangladesh) (467 km W from epicenter)(no details): It was sudden and breathtaking. All were afraid and were in panic. (via EMSC)

Dhaka (Bangladesh) (467 km W from epicenter)(no details): I was playing a multiplayer game while sitting and suddenly a severe quake hit and my monitor fell on my keyboard the first quake was weaker than the after shock or the second one. I was out of my apartment before the first quake ended. It was hard to stand or walk and the whole building shook but it seems no damage happened anywhere. It was around 8:18 PM over here at our country. Almost everyone felt it and it was the most severe earthquake i have ever felt. It can even be the biggest in our country. (via EMSC)

Guwahati (India) (464 km NW from epicenter)(no details): It was a bit strong and long. The scene was very stressfull. With people blowing shells.
(via EMSC)

Guwahati (India) (464 km NW from epicenter)(no details): I am staying in 7th floor. The shaking was good enough for about 25 to 30 seconds. After 10 seconds it shook more vigorously from east to west. May be due north. Swaying was about 4"/5" as felt at 7th floor. (via EMSC)

Shillong (India) (410 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Felt the quake for about 10-15 seconds and I was in a car.It was shaking and was moderate.Dogs started barking and people came out of their homes. (via EMSC)

Jorhat CD Block Part (India) (400 km NW from epicenter)(no details): It was really prolonged shake for about one minute here in jorhat, assam. We rushed out side. Photo in our house fell down. Shaking could br felt even while standing on the road. It wss really Terriying...... (via EMSC)

Imphal (India) (212 km NW from epicenter)(no details): What a quake. Another big one in less then 6 months (via EMSC)

Imphal (India) (211 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Really scarry. Lasted for a while although not as strong as the last one on 3 jan 2016 (via EMSC)

Imphal (India) (211 km NW from epicenter)(no details): Not really didn't really felt the quake I was playing some call of duty then my dudes said someone is shaking the sofa then we'll Earthquake Time (via EMSC)

Gorely volcano photos: Gorely is a young and very active shield volcano in southern Kamchatka. It is one of Kamchatka's easiest volcanoes to climb and offers stunning views into vast craters and the surrounding landscape.

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